Kira S. Makarova

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• END nucleases are antiphage defence systems targeting multiple phages with modified genomes

  Nature Microbiology · 2026-06-26

• Ribosomal RNA cleavage by the previously unidentified RelS–RelI toxin–antitoxin system controls growth of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>

  Nucleic Acids Research · 2026-06-19

• Hawaiian Geothermal Fumaroles Contain Diverse and Novel Viruses

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026-04-07

• Identification of a distinct family of polyphosphate kinases relevant to energy homeostasis in Crenarchaeota

  Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2026-02-13

• Diverse bacterial pattern recognition receptors sense the core phage proteome

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026-01-05 · 4 citations

• Ecological determinants of altruism in prokaryote antivirus defense

  Figshare · 2026-01-01

• Additional file 1 of Ecological determinants of altruism in prokaryote antivirus defense

  Figshare · 2026-01-01

• Additional file 3 of Ecological determinants of altruism in prokaryote antivirus defense

  Figshare · 2026-01-01

• Additional file 2 of Ecological determinants of altruism in prokaryote antivirus defense

  Figshare · 2026-01-01

• Ecological determinants of altruism in prokaryote antivirus defense

  Figshare · 2026-01-01

• Additional file 3 of Ecological determinants of altruism in prokaryote antivirus defense

  Figshare · 2026-01-01

• Additional file 2 of Ecological determinants of altruism in prokaryote antivirus defense

  Figshare · 2026-01-01

• Additional file 1 of Ecological determinants of altruism in prokaryote antivirus defense

  Figshare · 2026-01-01

• Ecological determinants of altruism in prokaryote antivirus defense

  Biology Direct · 2025-12-20 · 2 citations

• Spatial-temporal genome analysis and its application for the prediction of functional systems in bacteria and archaea

  mBio · 2025-12-15 · 2 citations

• An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR–Cas systems including rare variants

  Nature Microbiology · 2025-11-06 · 54 citations

• Uncovering the prevalence, key biogenesis enzymes, and biological significance of archaeal lipoproteins

  Nature Communications · 2025-09-25 · 1 citations

• YprA family helicases provide the missing link between diverse prokaryotic immune systemsPreprint

  Cell Host & Microbe · 2025-09-15 · 5 citations

• Anti-restriction functions of injected phage proteins revealed by peeling back layers of bacterial immunity

  Nature Communications · 2025-08-22 · 8 citations

• Ecological determinants of altruism in prokaryote antivirus defensePreprint

  Research Square · 2025-07-25